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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

It was a Friday, but we closed out the week strong.

The insider “run” on regional bank shares continues, with Form 4s from nine more directors and executives from boardrooms and C-suites in that troubled sector leading today’s Hot List:

• Stellar Bancorp Inc $STEL
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It's been a long week, and a complete chop-fest at that.

We'll see if $AAPL has saved the day.

They had no growth, from what the news says.

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What a wild day in the markets...

I think we just need to get $AAPL’s earnings out of the way.

Another day goes by and another bank that doesn't matter disappears.

This is a big deal.

In theory, investors ...

The largest insider transaction on today’s list is a Form 4 filing by the chairman and CEO of American Assets Trust $AAT, Ernest Rady.

Rady reported a purchase of AAT shares worth $5.6 million.

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May the Fourth be with you!

We now have the Fed behind us, and there are more bank troubles.

This is worrisome.

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It's Fed Day, and we know the drill...

Up, down, and all around.

These tiny banks have been in trouble for quite some time.

That we know.

The question has been more about whether or not the...

The big story on today's list is that executives from some of the most severely damaged banks are still filing Form 4s.

Here's yesterday's list:

• Texas Capital Bancshares $TCBI
• Zions...

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This is a big day, with the FOMC set to announce an interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET.

We had a late-day bounce yesterday -- typical, as this market loves to levitate.

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The market took a decent dive early today, but after lunch time we saw a decent bounce. Perhaps it was short covering.

We don...

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Impinj, Inc. $PI director Steve Sanghi.

Sanghi reported a purchase of PI shares worth $1,997,500.

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$SPY bumped right against its Bollinger band yesterday and dropped.

We had a pretty decent-sized move last...

It's that time of the year again.

I keep being told to 'Sell in May and Go Away'.

But...

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The market is still trucking along and going higher.

$SPY does have potential to the February high at 418.31...

Today’s hot list is a long one with many executives rushing to buy shares following the first quarter earnings blackout period.

The largest insider buy on today’s list comes in a Form 4 filing by Chicago Pacific Founders.

The firm...

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Happy May!

Here we are, and we have another busy week ahead of us.